Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26

business and can't be tsmpered with. The
interior department has a stiff spinal
column. 1t proposes to stand BY the
people and to see 70 it that man is not
crowded of his homestead because he hap.
pens to be so poor that he can buy oniy
an ak and plough.
Under the old regime man like Dorsey
could manipulate the interior depart
ment at Washington and BY diabolicsl
hocus pocus obtain possession of an es-
tate CT half q million acres. 1t only
needed the requisite amount of political
influence and the thing was done.
what Is known in the the market as a
pull made officials blind to what was
gong on, and when they conveniently
turned to look out of the window or sud
denly left town for few days the little
analr was serenely fixed" 1t was no
harder to do that sort of thing than to roll
OFF sleppery log and it was done again and
again and still again until the country
became alarmed at the extent of the
knavlsh thlevery that was going on and
told the democratic party in 1884 that it
had better so to Washington and look
over the books
Senator John Sherman said, with a
sweet expression OF Innocence on his
face, that the books have been locked
over and they are all right. The Tribune
fellows suit as the tail of a mule follows
the mule, and sings its little echo, the
books are all right"
The truth is the books are all WRONG
and If Senator Sherman and the Tribune
want q few chapters ont of those books
they can have them. They are not be-
yond reach, by any means and it would
De an easy task to show that under sue
cesSlVe republca administrations the
people of this country have been system
atlcally robbed. We use the words delib-
e1ately, the people have been robbed.
1hey have been made the victims of no
htlcal hugger mugger. while vast and
valuable tracts of the best land on this
continent have corruptly passed into the
hands of spectators and aliens, who have
not even the shadow of the shadow of
justice or equity on their side
1T WILL BE A REPUBLICAN HOME
Undoubtedly Department Commander
Griffin fully understands the scope and
purpose of the movement for a G. AR.
home as provided by the act of the last
Legislature. In his appeal for contri-
buttons for the building he gives his
party send off" and arouses the enthus-
iasm of the especial friends of the home.
by eSpatiating upon ssthe efforts to save
the rebel flags by the three
kinds of palsy act. This is all
well enough however, as it will
doubtless suit ali for whom this home is
being established. That institution will
never be any place for a democratic vet
eran to put up at, and Mr.. Griffin prob
ably so understands it, as the language of
his appeal for aid clearly enough informs
democratic veterans that contributions
from them are not expected nor desired.
No democrat need ever give a cent tow
ard the support of that institution with
the expectation that any democratic vet
eran will ever find home there. The
democratic veteran who is so unfortunate
as to have to seek that place to escape
the pangs of hunger and the sting of
frost will pay high price for the privi-
lege of living. 1t will be perpetual re,
publican camp meeting, in which mono
other shall have word.
There never was any good reason to
doubt that the inception and principal
motive for the institution was exactly
what Mr.. Griffin 80 clearly signifies-a re-
publican home where nothing but strictly
party doctrines should be taught, and
where any one who did not iudorse it
would meet mighty cool reception. 1t
was, however, manly in Mr.. Griffin to
make it so plain at once, so that demo
cratic veterans and their party friends
might all understand it.